Coaldale vs Howard

A side-by-side comparison of Coaldale and Howard: population, income, housing, and more.

Coaldale and Howard are places in Colorado. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Howard has the higher population (1,159 vs 276 in Coaldale). Howard has the higher median home value ($386,500 vs $335,700 in Coaldale). Since 2019, Howard's population has grown faster (+27.9% vs -21.1%).

Population, income & housing

	Coaldale	Howard
Population	276	1,159
Median age	58.7 yrs	46.7 yrs
Median household income	—	$57,664
Median home value	$335,700	$386,500
Median gross rent	—	$488
Housing units	206	688
Homeownership rate	100.0%	79.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	10.5%	21.0%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coaldale	Howard
Population	350 → 276 (-21.1%)	906 → 1,159 (+27.9%)
Median household income	—	$77,981 → $57,664 (-26.1%)
Median home value	$153,100 → $335,700 (+119.3%)	$286,400 → $386,500 (+35.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,069 → $488 (-54.3%)

Coaldale

Population

350276

Median home value

$153,100$335,700

Howard

Population

9061,159

Median household income

$77,981$57,664

Median home value

$286,400$386,500

Median gross rent

$1,069$488

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coaldale	Howard
Under 5	0.0%	1.4%
5 to 17	0.0%	11.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.5%
25 to 34	0.0%	18.0%
35 to 44	0.0%	12.6%
45 to 54	37.0%	9.0%
55 to 64	63.0%	8.9%
65 to 74	0.0%	25.7%
75 and over	0.0%	7.2%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coaldale	Howard
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	83.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.4%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	2.2%
Some other race	0.0%	0.7%
Two or more races	0.0%	7.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coaldale	Howard
No high school diploma	21.7%	0.8%
High school graduate	58.0%	42.6%
Some college or associate's	9.8%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	0.0%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	10.5%	5.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coaldale	Howard
Drove alone	100.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.9%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	7.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coaldale	Howard
1-unit, detached	85.4%	91.7%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	14.6%	8.3%

Poverty & households

	Coaldale	Howard
Poverty rate	38.8%	4.9%
Average household size	2.38	2.14
Mean commute (minutes)	—	32
Median year structure built	1993	1977